Tour Veluwezoom Landal Coldenhove, Velp, Loenen

KP 73 Unholy Forests
The'Unholy Forests\\\', it stimulates your imagination of a vast wild forest where highwaymen are hiding. That is partly true, it is one of the oldest forest areas on the Veluwe, where in the past oak trees were selectively felled for timber or for tanneries. Another explanation for the name that is more common is that'unholy\\\' or'on-saelig\\\' is a corruption of wretched. That the poor soil would only be suitable for forestry and not for agriculture.
You will find these woods on the left side of the cycle path.
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Kp 66 Rozendaalsche veld (until Kp17)
The Rozendaalsche veld (also written as Rozendaalse veld) is a heathland area on the Veluwe in the municipality of Rozendaal near Velp.
It is a fairly large and high-lying heathland with quite a lot of relief and fairly large height differences. Near the Rozendaal sand lies the Signal Imbosch, the highest point of the Veluwe (110 meters). These make the area very attractive for recreation. All in all, the area measures 542 hectares. To the east and north, it is so closely connected to the Veluwezoom National Park that, from a landscape perspective, it forms one whole with the Rheder- and Worthrhederheide, the central heathland area in this national park. To the west it connects to the Rozendaalse Bos.
In the southwest lies the Rozendaalse Zand. This medium-sized sand drift has/will be cleared of approximately 17 hectares of forest since 2009 to allow the sand to actively drift again.
Another name for the area is the Velperhei. In the past it was managed by the'heirs of the village of Velp\\\', an old marke organization that still exists and exercises rights and some influence in decisions regarding the management of the area. On February 5, 1920, the area was transferred to the municipality of Rheden under strict conditions by the inheritors of the village of Velp. In memory of this, there is a memorial in the form of a stone bench on the Pinkenbergseweg in Rozendaal, exactly at the spot where a real toboggan run was built at the time.
Since 1949, there has been a fire tower on the Rozendaal field as a striking point, which was used by the fire brigade (the 'Veluwse Bosbrandweer Comité') until around 1978 to detect forest and heath fires. It was restored in 1989 on the initiative of a foundation created especially for this purpose.
Chapter 17
Stop 1: German village - Teerose II
At first glance they look strange trapezoidal structures. What are those concrete blocks doing in the forest? Just like earlier during the walk, traces of the war can be found here. To expand the capacity of Teerose I, Teerose II was built near the highest point of the Veluwe'Signaal Imbosch\\\' (109m above sea level). The position was an exact copy of that at Terlet. There were five towers and identical outbuildings including an evaluation building and residential barracks. This place is still called the'German village\\\'. The concrete remains that you see here formed the foundation for one of the towers. In addition to their work for the radio monitoring station, the German residents passed the time by building an entrance gate and furniture with wooden trunks from the forest. There was even a landscaped garden with shrubs and flower beds. Artist Eugène Terwindt made a work of art for this location with the text'A person cannot sink any lower\\\'. The mirror image of this work of art can be found in the floodplains near Dieren at the lowest point of the municipality of Rheden:'A person cannot rise higher\\\'.
Stop 2: Fire Tower
This 34m high fire tower was used from 1949 to 1978 to signal fire on the heath or in the forest. A fire watchman could warn the local fire brigade via a telephone line. Alarm! Fire! The tower became redundant after the arrival of reconnaissance aircraft. Most fire towers have disappeared from the Veluwe. But the Rozendaalse Veld Brandtoren Foundation saved this copy from demolition and had it restored. You can climb the fire tower until the first walk. On clear days the view in the west reaches as far as Ede; Deventer appears on the horizon in the north.
Continued route:
Rheder- and Worth-Rhederheide
The route passes around the Rheder- and Worth-Rhederheide. You can see it from here on the right. It is a rest area that is not accessible to people, so that the animals can live there undisturbed. A little further on you will come across a bench from which you can have a good view of the entire area. Here in the western part of the route you can sometimes hear the bellowing when there is an easterly wind.
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KP 32 Hessengat
The Hessengat is located at junction 32. The roads near Terlet were transport routes for international transport. The Hessengat - a water chamber nearby - suggests that the horses of the "hessen wagons" from Germany could drink water here. The cargo of those wagons included the famous smoked Westphalian hams that were also popular in Holland.
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CP 28
Stop 1: Kop Vrijenbergerspreng
You are now cycling through the Hoeve Delle nature reserve. On the left side of the path you will see one of the two heads of the Vrijenbergerpreng below. The beginning, the source of the spreng, is called sprengkop. Most sprinklers are fed by a number of sprinkler heads.
Sprengen are streams dug by humans that mainly occur on the moraine of the Veluwe. At the place where the groundwater is tapped, the sprinkler head, the water starts to flow. The oldest springs on the Veluwe date from the 16th century and were mainly used to power water mills, make paper, grind grain and laundries.
The rectangular shape of this spring is characteristic of the springs that were constructed in the nineteenth century to provide the Apeldoorns Canal with sufficient water. Sufficient water meant that shipping was possible on the canal. The hand-dug canal was constructed in 1869 by Rijkswaterstaat.
Did you know that the precipitation that falls on the Veluwe sometimes travels for hundreds of years before it reaches the sprinkler head? The rainwater is filtered underground and stored in various layers of the earth.
On the right you see a grazing meadow where you have a chance to spot game at sunset in the evening. On the route through the forest, look carefully around you, you will probably discover rooting tracks of wild boars. In the summer they enjoy the blueberries that grow in the forest and along the stream.
Stop 2: Field of Honor Loenen
Dutch war victims are buried at Ereveld Loenen. Men, women and children. Civilians and soldiers who have died in different places and under different circumstances since May 9, 1940.
On October 18, 1949, HRH Princess Wilhelmina opened the cemetery where almost 4,000 Dutch people are now buried. Reburials still take place here regularly. Opening hours: daily from 9am - 5pm.
Chapel and monument
This chapel contains an oak shrine with 42 memorial books in which the names of approximately 130,000 Dutch war victims are recorded. A page of this is turned every day. To the left of the chapel is the monument 'The Falling Man' by the sculptor Cor van Kralingen. At this time, a wreath laying ceremony takes place every year on May 4.
Stop 3: Small Waterfall
You hear the rushing water of the Little Waterfall. This waterfall has a drop of 6 meters. About 1.5 km further downstream you arrive at the impressive Great Waterfall: a popular playground for children in warm summer weather.
Did you know that the temperature of the water in the spring remains approximately 8-10 °C all year round?
From the sprengkop to the mouth of the Apeldoorns Canal, the Vrijenbergerspreng has a drop of more than 20 meters over a length of approximately 6 km. To prevent the large height differences from leading to too much erosion and therefore too much sand washing into the canal, stone weirs and waterfalls have been constructed in the stream. These break the flow speed of the water.
Stop 4: Big Waterfall
You have now reached the highest waterfall in the Netherlands. The water here has a drop of over 15 meters! With the splashing and splashing water, this is a wonderful place to cool off on a hot summer day.
Further on you see the water turning increasingly red. The discoloration is caused by iron compounds in the groundwater. As soon as they react with the oxygen in the water, new iron compounds are formed that give the water this red color as a red precipitate.
In the last part of the sprinkling the vegetation becomes richer: ferns, yellow flowering birch, the white umbellifers of the common hogweed, real valerian and the orange berries of the rowan.
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KP 51
Stop 1: Veluwe Steam Train Company
The railway line where you are now connects Apeldoorn with Dieren. The 32 km long route opened in 1879 and passenger transport ended in 1947. Today the line is used as a tourist attraction. The Veluwse Steam Train Company (VSM) maintains the train services on this old railway line. Old-fashioned trains, pulled by steam locomotives, mainly transport tourists. Between Apeldoorn and Dieren the train stops at five stations, including Loenen.
Partly due to the arrival of train traffic, the Apeldoorns Canal never became a success. The Apeldoorn Canal was dug in 1825 on behalf of King William I for the economic development of Apeldoorn. The 52 km long canal forms the connection from the IJssel near Dieren to the IJssel near Hattem and was intended to transport goods by water.
It soon became apparent that the canal did not meet the requirements of freight ships, the lock and bridge fees did not cover maintenance costs and, with industrial development, shipping traffic was overtaken by rail traffic and later road traffic. In 1972, shipping traffic across the Apeldoorn Canal was stopped.
Stop 2: Vrijenbergerspreng Estuary
You now arrive at the mouth of the Vrijenbergerspreng in the Apeldoorns Canal, a cultural-historical monument. With the associated locks, quays and lock keeper's houses, the Apeldoorn Canal is of cultural-historical and landscape value. The tranquil landscape has a high amenity value: varied banks with reed collars, flowering plants and the trees accompanying the banks through which you can see the sunlight shining beautifully on the water. Attractive to enjoy by bike, or from the water in a canoe or pedal boat.
The southern part of the Apeldoorns Canal is botanically very valuable. Rare plant species occur here that are bound to relatively nutrient-poor and soft water. You can see the beautiful water violet blooming around the mouth of the Vrijenbergerspreng.
To reduce the dehydration of the Veluwe, a special loading point has been built a little further away to transport water from the Apeldoorns Canal to the infiltration ponds in the Hoeve Delle nature reserve. Vitens pumps up to 2 billion liters of water here for drinking water. You can view the drinking water ponds yourself!
The fens are located 2 km west of the Kleine Waterval.
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This route is self-composed.